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Figure: 5.2- Large-scale representation of a samosaran at Pawapuri in Bihar,
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The stone samosaran engravings are constantly identified as burning with dimensional stone merus discussed above. The stone samosaran indicated generally have an underlying module base, three circular support levels surmounted by a square structure that matches a photograph of a Jin quadruple.
in Ajmer (Ajmir), in Rajasthan, and in the outer walls of the Badaga Basadi temple complex in Mudabidri (Mūdabidrī) in Karnataka. In these temples, images of samavasarana are used to announce a distinct and distinct Jain identity outside the temple structures
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